Many young people rely on their parents when they transition into adulthood.  Young people transitioning out of alternative care rarely have that option. 

This tooklit provides a comprehensive guide to designing safe programmes specifically for adolescent girls.

This article outlines a few of the common values and principles that provide the foundation for Muslim understandings of child–adult relationships and approaches to child protection and nurture.

This article explores what Judaism’s communal orientation means for the protection of children.

This statement of policy of by American Orthopsychiatric Association reviews the evidence on the use of congregate or group care for children and adolescents and concludes that institutional care is nonoptimal for children of all ages, including teenagers, and that even smaller group care settings can be detrimental to the growth and well-being of youth.

The second annual edition of the World Family Map investigates how family characteristics affect children’s healthy development around the globe and includes a new essay focusing on union stability and early childhood health in developing countries.

This report highlights the needs of children without adequate family care, the impact inadequate care on children and society, and why family care is important. In this report, Family for Every Child also issues several recommendations for those in all sectors of society and an example of care reform from Brazil. 

This article specifically focuses on kafalah as an alternative care option for children deprived of a family environment in comparison with other forms of alternative childcare. 

This article provides examples from the Christian Bible to suggest that Christianity offers many principles and mandates that promote Christians to protect and nurture children.

This article introduces the series of articles in this issue of the Child Abuse and Neglect Journal which focus on the role of religion and religious communities on children’s care and protection.